Colleen Mcgloin
Biographic Data
| ID | 87928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colleen Mcgloin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgloin |
| SIGNATURE | MCGLOIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pedagogy, Pleasure and the Art of Poking Fun
Australia's colonial history is fraught with ongoing social injustice and can be difficult to teach. The inclusion of humour on Australian Indigenous studies courses presents both challenges and opportunities for educators in the field. Students’ reactions to the inclusion of humour are often varied and care must be taken to ensure that Indigenous histories are taught with a view to balancing pleasure in learning while maintaining a focus on cont…
Critical allies and feminist praxis
In Australian universities, non-Indigenous educators teaching Indigenous studies and/or Indigenous content must engage critically with anti-colonialism, not simply as lip service to syllabus content, but also, as an ethical consideration whereby consultation and collaboration with Indigenous scholars must necessarily direct praxis. Such an engagement might be referred to as a ‘critical alliance’: an engagement with Others about whom we are speaki…
Looks good on your CV
The recruitment for what has become known as 'voluntourism' takes place on campuses at many universities in Australia. Under the banner of 'making a difference' students are solicited to travel to developing countries to aid poor communities, to enjoy the sights and tastes of the distant and exotic 'other', the 'experience' touted as a useful addition to the curriculum vitae (CV). This article addresses the discursive terrain of voluntourism by p…
Corporate Speak and “Collateral Recruitment”
‘‘Corporate speak,’’ the language of neoliberalism, has for so long been integrated into higher education institutions that many academics greet new terms wanly with the tedium of overkill; academic practice is scrutinized and regulated through terms such as performance indicators, benchmarking, service providers, and clients. As part of a discursive field where ideological shifts continue to apply marketized frames of reference as neoliberalism …
Tone It Down a Bit
In a previous article discussing the politics of language in Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and learning contexts, the author and her colleague stated their objective in writing that article was to ''instill'' a sense of the importance of the political nature of language to their student body (McGloin and Carlson 2013). They wanted to engage students in the idea that language, as a conduit for describing the world, is not a neutral channe…
Rethinking women's and gender studies
Rethinking women's and gender studies, edited by C. M Orr, A. Braithwaite, D. Lichtenstein, New York, Routledge, 2012, 376 pp., US$47.95 (paperback), ISBN978-0-415-80831-6 This compilation of schol
Reviving Eva in Tim Winton’s Breath
Breath by Tim Winton is an Australian surfing narrative. As a postcolonial novel, the novel’s absence of indigenous representation and its portrayal of the central female character, Eva Sanderson, solicit a reading that attempts to make sense of the intersections between gender and race central to many such texts. In this paper, I explore the representation of Eva and provide a feminist reading of the novel that re-considers its racialized, gende…
Two Left Feet
Following the recommendations by the 2008 Bradley Report into higher education, cultural competence training has attracted attention and funding in Australian universities. This paper attempts to initiate a conversation about the implications of cultural competence in its current formation as it also attends to the tensions we experience as non-Indigenous educators teaching both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. We argue that current models…
Re-Presenting Urban Aboriginal Identities
Teaching Aboriginal studies to a diverse student cohort presents challenges in the pursuit of developing a critical pedagogy. In this paper, we present Children of the Sun(2006), a local film made by Indigenous youth in the Illawarra region south of Sydney, New South Wales. We outline the film's genesis and its utilisation in our praxis. The film is a useful resource in the teaching of urban Aboriginal identity to primarily non-Indigenous student…
"Considering The Work of Martin Nakata's "Cultural Interface
This is a reflective paper that explores Martin Nakata's work as a basis for understanding the possibilities and restrictions of non-Indigenous academics working in Indigenous studies. The paper engages with Nakata's work at the level of praxis. It contends that Nakata's work provides non-Indigenous teachers of Indigenous studies a framework for understanding their role, their potential, and limitations within the power relations that comprise th…
Looks good on your CV
The recruitment for what has become known as 'voluntourism' takes place on campuses at many universities in Australia. Under the banner of 'making a difference' students are solicited to travel to developing countries to aid poor communities, to enjoy the sights and tastes of the distant and exotic 'other', the 'experience' touted as a useful addition to the curriculum vitae (CV). This article addresses the discursive terrain of voluntourism by p…
"Considering The Work of Martin Nakata's "Cultural Interface
This is a reflective paper that explores Martin Nakata's work as a basis for understanding the possibilities and restrictions of non-Indigenous academics working in Indigenous studies. The paper engages with Nakata's work at the level of praxis. It contends that Nakata's work provides non-Indigenous teachers of Indigenous studies a framework for understanding their role, their potential, and limitations within the power relations that comprise th…
Re-Presenting Urban Aboriginal Identities
Teaching Aboriginal studies to a diverse student cohort presents challenges in the pursuit of developing a critical pedagogy. In this paper, we present Children of the Sun(2006), a local film made by Indigenous youth in the Illawarra region south of Sydney, New South Wales. We outline the film's genesis and its utilisation in our praxis. The film is a useful resource in the teaching of urban Aboriginal identity to primarily non-Indigenous student…
Critical allies and feminist praxis
In Australian universities, non-Indigenous educators teaching Indigenous studies and/or Indigenous content must engage critically with anti-colonialism, not simply as lip service to syllabus content, but also, as an ethical consideration whereby consultation and collaboration with Indigenous scholars must necessarily direct praxis. Such an engagement might be referred to as a ‘critical alliance’: an engagement with Others about whom we are speaki…
Tone It Down a Bit
In a previous article discussing the politics of language in Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and learning contexts, the author and her colleague stated their objective in writing that article was to ''instill'' a sense of the importance of the political nature of language to their student body (McGloin and Carlson 2013). They wanted to engage students in the idea that language, as a conduit for describing the world, is not a neutral channe…
Rethinking women's and gender studies
Rethinking women's and gender studies, edited by C. M Orr, A. Braithwaite, D. Lichtenstein, New York, Routledge, 2012, 376 pp., US$47.95 (paperback), ISBN978-0-415-80831-6 This compilation of schol
Reviving Eva in Tim Winton’s Breath
Breath by Tim Winton is an Australian surfing narrative. As a postcolonial novel, the novel’s absence of indigenous representation and its portrayal of the central female character, Eva Sanderson, solicit a reading that attempts to make sense of the intersections between gender and race central to many such texts. In this paper, I explore the representation of Eva and provide a feminist reading of the novel that re-considers its racialized, gende…
Corporate Speak and “Collateral Recruitment”
‘‘Corporate speak,’’ the language of neoliberalism, has for so long been integrated into higher education institutions that many academics greet new terms wanly with the tedium of overkill; academic practice is scrutinized and regulated through terms such as performance indicators, benchmarking, service providers, and clients. As part of a discursive field where ideological shifts continue to apply marketized frames of reference as neoliberalism …
Two Left Feet
Following the recommendations by the 2008 Bradley Report into higher education, cultural competence training has attracted attention and funding in Australian universities. This paper attempts to initiate a conversation about the implications of cultural competence in its current formation as it also attends to the tensions we experience as non-Indigenous educators teaching both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. We argue that current models…
Re-Presenting Urban Aboriginal Identities
Teaching Aboriginal studies to a diverse student cohort presents challenges in the pursuit of developing a critical pedagogy. In this paper, we present Children of the Sun(2006), a local film made by Indigenous youth in the Illawarra region south of Sydney, New South Wales. We outline the film's genesis and its utilisation in our praxis. The film is a useful resource in the teaching of urban Aboriginal identity to primarily non-Indigenous student…
"Considering The Work of Martin Nakata's "Cultural Interface
This is a reflective paper that explores Martin Nakata's work as a basis for understanding the possibilities and restrictions of non-Indigenous academics working in Indigenous studies. The paper engages with Nakata's work at the level of praxis. It contends that Nakata's work provides non-Indigenous teachers of Indigenous studies a framework for understanding their role, their potential, and limitations within the power relations that comprise th…
Two Left Feet
Following the recommendations by the 2008 Bradley Report into higher education, cultural competence training has attracted attention and funding in Australian universities. This paper attempts to initiate a conversation about the implications of cultural competence in its current formation as it also attends to the tensions we experience as non-Indigenous educators teaching both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. We argue that current models…
Rethinking women's and gender studies
Rethinking women's and gender studies, edited by C. M Orr, A. Braithwaite, D. Lichtenstein, New York, Routledge, 2012, 376 pp., US$47.95 (paperback), ISBN978-0-415-80831-6 This compilation of schol
Reviving Eva in Tim Winton’s Breath
Breath by Tim Winton is an Australian surfing narrative. As a postcolonial novel, the novel’s absence of indigenous representation and its portrayal of the central female character, Eva Sanderson, solicit a reading that attempts to make sense of the intersections between gender and race central to many such texts. In this paper, I explore the representation of Eva and provide a feminist reading of the novel that re-considers its racialized, gende…
Tone It Down a Bit
In a previous article discussing the politics of language in Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and learning contexts, the author and her colleague stated their objective in writing that article was to ''instill'' a sense of the importance of the political nature of language to their student body (McGloin and Carlson 2013). They wanted to engage students in the idea that language, as a conduit for describing the world, is not a neutral channe…
Corporate Speak and “Collateral Recruitment”
‘‘Corporate speak,’’ the language of neoliberalism, has for so long been integrated into higher education institutions that many academics greet new terms wanly with the tedium of overkill; academic practice is scrutinized and regulated through terms such as performance indicators, benchmarking, service providers, and clients. As part of a discursive field where ideological shifts continue to apply marketized frames of reference as neoliberalism …
Pedagogy, Pleasure and the Art of Poking Fun
Australia's colonial history is fraught with ongoing social injustice and can be difficult to teach. The inclusion of humour on Australian Indigenous studies courses presents both challenges and opportunities for educators in the field. Students’ reactions to the inclusion of humour are often varied and care must be taken to ensure that Indigenous histories are taught with a view to balancing pleasure in learning while maintaining a focus on cont…
Critical allies and feminist praxis
In Australian universities, non-Indigenous educators teaching Indigenous studies and/or Indigenous content must engage critically with anti-colonialism, not simply as lip service to syllabus content, but also, as an ethical consideration whereby consultation and collaboration with Indigenous scholars must necessarily direct praxis. Such an engagement might be referred to as a ‘critical alliance’: an engagement with Others about whom we are speaki…
Looks good on your CV
The recruitment for what has become known as 'voluntourism' takes place on campuses at many universities in Australia. Under the banner of 'making a difference' students are solicited to travel to developing countries to aid poor communities, to enjoy the sights and tastes of the distant and exotic 'other', the 'experience' touted as a useful addition to the curriculum vitae (CV). This article addresses the discursive terrain of voluntourism by p…
Sociology (8 works) · Indigenous (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)